When someone sends you an email and the time on their email says EDT, does that mean. . .?

Question

from the east coast? Like for example this time: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:24:36 EDT. What does that mean?

Does it mean that the person who sent the mail is sending it from somewhere in the East Coast, or that the headquarters for the internet service is located on the East Coast? Like AOL for example.

Answer 1

Many major US internet providers and email gateways use Eastern time as a default. It doesn't mean the sender is in that timezone just that the messages went through a server there.

Answer 2

EDT is Eastern Daylight Time, which is the East Coast.

Answer 3

That means that the person sent that message at 12:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time.

There are about four time zones in the USA. There's Eastern Standard Time (EST) which is, if you live in some parts of the Midwest and further to the South going to the right, that is the time you're on. Right now, i'm in Michigan, so it is 5:00 EST.

There is CST which stands for Central Standard Time. This is the time you're under if you're in some parts of the Midwest and the South that fall right in the middle of the country. States like Illinois and Texas fall under CST. Where they are now, it is 4:00 CST. Go back one hour.

Now, you've got MST which stands for Mountain Standard Time. This is the time you are under if you're in some parts of the Rocky Mountain States (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana) and some Southwestern States (Arizona). Where they are now, it is 3:00 MST. Go back two hours.

Finally you have PST which stands for Pacific Standard Time. This is the time you are undre if you're in the West Coast States (California, Oregon, Washington; Nevada is also included). Where they are now, it is 2:00 PST. Go back three hours.

I hope this helps.

Answer 4

Eastern Daylight Time

Answer 5

EDT is the Eastern Time Zone during Daylight Savings Time, because not all countries follow daylight savings.

Answer 6

EDT = Eastern Daylight Time
http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/edt.html

Eastern Daylight Time or EDT is a time zone equal to:

* In North America, Eastern Standard Time + 1, or UTC − 4 hours (UTC-4).
* In Australia (also AEDT), Australian Eastern Standard Time + 1, or UTC + 11 hours (UTC+11).

Answer 7

it should say EDST Eastern Daylight Savings Time

East coast set their clocks ahead a week ago

Answer 8

I believe it means Eastern Daylight Time.

Answer 9

eastern time zone